flying triplet,
A few people have come on pprune before asking for information about sunstate and eastern. As they are now Qantaslink it is difficult to find information on the history of these 2 subsidiarys before they become wholly owned by Qantas.
However, here are some general specifics of the DH8 aircraft which are of course operated by eastern and sunstate- a search on pprune on sunstate will perhaps find you some past info posted by sunstate crew.
http://users.chariot.net.au/~theburfs/dash8MAIN.html
Congratulations for being selected for an interview and good luck, keep us posted on your progress.
The sunstate fleet consists of 5 Dash 8 (100), 2 (200) and 4 (300) (50 seat - 2 flight attendants) with a new Dash8-300 which arrived in June. The company comes under the QantasLink banner, a wholly owned subsidiary of Qantas.
It operates to the following destinations:
Weipa, Horn Is., Cairns, Townsville, Hamilton Is., Mackay, Rockhampton, Gladstone, Blackwater, Emerald, Barcaldine, Blackall, Longreach, Coffs Harbour, Newcastle, Bundaberg, Coolangatta, Roma, Charleville, Lord Howe Is. and Melbourne.
Bases are currently Brisbane and Cairns.
Chief Pilot is Don Anderson, Acting General Manager Elsa D'Alessio
Started by Bevan Whittaker as Noosa Air, later renamed Sunstate Airlines.
Commenced Operations 1981 in Maryborough with 17 seat aircraft operating to Hervey Bay,
Bundaberg and Brisbane.
Acquired by Australian Airlines in 1990 , which in turn become Qantas.
Reputation for professionalism, reliability and personalised service.